Back in 2021, cycling’s international governing body, the UCI, issued a new set of rules banning the use of devices measuring “any metabolic values such as but not limited to glucose or lactate” in competition. The rules were aimed at the emerging use of continuous glucose monitors in the peloton, but the mention of lactate sparked widespread curiosity. Did the...

　　I think of my old car sometimes when I drive by the Walmart Supercenter. The parking lot there was essentially the launch point of my first real long-distance road trip as an adult, spanning ten days and eight states in the late spring of 2004. We drove my 1996 Pontiac Grand Am GT, a car that my friend Nick announced...

　　Golf gets a bad rap. The sport has a reputation for being too expensive and too resource-intensive, which are true in some cases. There are private clubs so expensive you need to be a billionaire to join, and courses where the landscape was bulldozed to make way for overwatered and overfertilized fairways. 　　But not every golf course is that way....

　　While just a mid-cycle update, the 2025.5 Volvo XC90 gets some quality updates. But more importantly, it keeps so much of what makes it a Volvo. As a Volvo spokesperson told me, think of the latest XC90 as an “old friend who keeps getting better.” 　　Volvos flagship debuted all the way back in 2002. The second generation, which the 2025.5...

　　When Nick Fowler started his record-setting fastest known time (FKT) run of the Arizona Trail, its safe to say that his condition was far from perfect. Fowler and his wife welcomed their first child, Canyon, at the end of September. So, he was sleep-deprived and way behind on training. 　　He first embarked on the trail on Oct. 24, ran over...

　　Babsi Zangerl climbed Freerider (VI, 5.13a) on El Capitan in Yosemite this past weekend, reaching the top of the 3,300-foot-tall formation without falling on the first attempt. Reaching the top of a climbing route in this manner is called a flash. 　　Zangerls flash makes it the first one on the most famous rock climbing formation. Zangerl, 36, is one of...

　　With nature adventures in every direction, San Francisco is a treasure trove for outdoor enthusiasts. While the national parks of the nearby Sierra Nevada often overshadow the local preserves, you don’t need to leave the Bay Area to access a wide variety of ecosystems and trails. 　　From the Marin headlands to the north to the marsh wetlands of the South...

　　Only three skiers in the 57-year history of the FIS World Cup have won over 100 ski races. Amélie Wenger-Reymond, a telemark skier from Switzerland, tops the chart with an astounding 164 wins to her name. Behind her, Marit Bjørgen, a cross-country skier from Norway, has 114, and then Conny Kissling, a freestyle skier also from Switzerland, has 106. 　　Following her...

　　In Buddhism, suffering is known as dukkha and is considered a fundamental characteristic of existence. Its caused by ignorance but can be overcome. In that sense, the jackets in this collection offer a pathway to enlightenment: They relieve suffering by providing reliable warmth in conditions ranging from merely chilly to threateningly cold. Do not be afraid to experience winter, grasshoppers—no...

　　For the last decade, I’ve been brining my Thanksgiving turkeys in champagne. The technique has produced delicious, consistent results from campsites in Big Sur, California, and Baja, Mexico—and in everything from frying oil to pellet grills to standard home ovens. To prove champagnes efficacy in producing a juicy, tender bird, I tested a champagne brine against a typical water-based one....

　　Since 2005, Walmart has partnered with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) to fund a program called Acres for America. At its outset, Walmart promised the program would conserve a single acre of wildlife habitat for every acre of land it developed. It has far exceeded that goal in the last 2 decades. Over the next decade, Walmart has...

　　Following a court-ordered restructure in August 2024, the Canadian backcountry ski brand Genuine Gear Guide (G3) faced a tumultuous future. On Aug. 9, the Supreme Court of British Columbia ordered a Canadian accounting firm, Deloitte, to take over G3s assets and make a plan to liquidate them. However, a recently announced acquisition might have saved the legacy ski brand. 　　Canadawide Sports,...